Polity & Governance
Social Issues
5 min
Lok Sabha passes Bill redefining 'transgender'; excludes sexual orientations, self-perceived identities
The Lok Sabha passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, on March 24, 2026, by voice vote. The Bill was introduced in Lok Sa...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
5 min
Plea in SC challenges gender bias in Parsi interfaith marriages
The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Centre, Nagpur Parsi Panchayat, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Maharashtra government, and Charity Commissioner on...
Polity & Governance
4 min
As govt considers expanding Lok Sabha to 816 MPs, how states’ seat count will change
The government is considering expanding the Lok Sabha from the current 543 seats to 816 seats — a 50% increase — as part of the plan to implement the Women's...
Polity & Governance
5 min
Non-tribals can no longer contest polls for Garo hills council
The Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) in Meghalaya passed an amendment mandating that only Scheduled Tribe (ST) members can contest its election...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
6 min
Sattankulam custodial deaths: Family wants strong punishment for convicted policemen
A Madurai District Additional Sessions Court on March 23, 2026, convicted all nine police personnel accused in connection with the 2020 custodial deaths of P...
Polity & Governance
International Relations
5 min
Parliament Budget session resumes today, Modi to address Rajya Sabha on West Asia conflict
Parliament's Budget Session 2026 resumed on March 24, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi making a statement in the Rajya Sabha on the West Asia conflict. Modi...
Polity & Governance
4 min
Government may bring bills to implement women’s reservation before delimitation
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has initiated consultations with NDA allies and opposition leaders — including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge — to build...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
4 min
Transgender persons hold protests demanding withdrawal of amendment to Transgender Bill
Transgender rights activists held protests across India — including in Chennai — demanding the withdrawal of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) A...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
4 min
Parliament Budget Session LIVE: Lok Sabha to discuss Bill to amend trans rights
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 — introduced in Lok Sabha on March 13, 2026 by Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minis...
Polity & Governance
4 min
Budget Session: Narendra Modi govt plans bills to roll out women’s quota before delimitation: What will change?
The Modi government is preparing to introduce two bills in the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament to implement the Women's Reservation Act (106th Constitut...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
4 min
No Scheduled Caste status on conversion to religions other than Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court upheld an Andhra Pradesh High Court order, ruling that individuals who convert from Hinduism, Sikhism, or Buddhism to another religion — su...
Social Issues
Polity & Governance
5 min
Days after TN order, doctors seek similar rules nationwide as hair transplant boom raises safety alarm
Tamil Nadu issued a Government Order regulating cosmetology, aesthetic treatment, and hair transplant clinics, bringing them under the Tamil Nadu Clinical Es...
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
4 min
'Adversely affected overall merit': SC slams bias in evaluating women officers for Permanent Commission
A Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant observed that Annual Confidential Reports (ACRs) of women officers in the Armed Forces were assessed wi...